Enjoy the music of teen band Groovitude playing from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. All day the zoo will offer special educational activities, face painting, and bracelet making for the kids. There also will be animal enrichment activities and keeper talks about the animals.

While you're there take a photo of one of the Zoo's animals and enter it in the zoo's ZooBASH Photo Contest.

Through Aug. 14, visitors can enter their favorite Zoo animal photo and the winners will be announced announced at ZooBASH on Oct. 23, at the 2 p.m. and 8:30m p.m. live animal show at Symphony Hall in Allentown. All finalists' photos will be included in a ZooBASH screen presentation on the stage.

Info is at www.lvzoo.org/pdf/Photo-Fundraising-WWofA.pdf

This week is also National Zookeepers Week and the zookeepers at Lehigh Valley Zoo have compiled a list of items to help enhance the lives of the
animals at the Zoo. You can help support Lehigh Valley Zoo and your
favorite animals by donating needed items or funds to purchase them,
and since the Zoo is a non-profit organization, your donation
is tax deductible.

The items include all sorts of things from dish detergent to bleach to dog toys to used coolers. See the complete list at www.lvzoo.org/wishlist.cfm.

And plan ahead for a Family Overnight Adventure at the Zoo 5:30 p.m.Aug. 21 to 9 a.m. Aug. 22. Uncover the mysteries of nocturnal species. Hike, eat, and sleep with
the Zoo animals as you explore the zoo after the sun goes down.
Activities include guided zoo tour and nature hike, owl calling, animal
encounters, snacks, breakfast, and feeding some of the Zoo animals
their morning hay. Bring your own tent and sleep outdoors or stay
inside the Zoo’s Bison Auditorium. The event is for ages 4 and up.

Current Comments

The LV Zoo is a wonderful place and we're quite lucky to have something so nice right in our own backyard. I really hope people visit frequently so it can stay open. To lose something like this would be tragic. My husband I visit several times a year, we LOVE it!

Posted By: BethlehemPA | Jul 26, 2010 11:01:56 AM

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an effort to help a worth cause. And we have gotten such a positive response from others who are stepping forward, too!! What a wonderful world we live in, and what a BIG, BIG God we serve!! Way to go!!

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